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March 5, 2016
Go, Look: Making New
and congratulations to cartoonist Lucy Knisley
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If I Were In Austin, I'd Go To This
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If I'm Near Wherever I Have To Be Near To Do This, I'll Do It
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If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This
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Happy 65th Birthday, Lat!
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March 4, 2016
Go, Look: Misnumbering Of Mars
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Assembled Extra: Oliver Sava At AV Club On Webcomics From Black Female Creators
I'm not sure that I saw this article from a few weeks back, from Oliver Sava at AV Club throwing a spotlight on a few webcomics ventures with black female creators involved. I certainly wouldn't know if there was a follow-up controversy or set of complains about the piece. For me, though, it's a nice reminder that some of these strips are out there, and work coming from different voices is always exciting. The greatest thing about webcomics is the low threshold for participation beyond the discipline necessary to make this kind of work in the first.
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If I Were In Princeton, I'd Go To This
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If I Were Near Portland State University, I'd Go To This
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Forthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through April 2016
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March 5
* If I Were In Austin, I'd Go To This (STAPLE!)
* If I'm Near Wherever I Have To Be Near To Do This, I'll Do It
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This
March 6
* If I Were In Austin, I'd Go To This (STAPLE!)
March 9
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This
March 10
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 11
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 12
* If I Were Near Ontario, Oregon, I'd Go To This (Border Town Comic Con)
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This
March 13
* If I Were In Portland, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 14
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 15
* If I Were In Berkeley, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 16
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
March 17
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
* If I Were In Champaign, I'd Go To This
March 18
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In Las Vegas, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Las Vegas)
* If I Were In LA, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
* If I Were In San Jose, I'd Go To This (Silicon Valley Comic Con)
March 19
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In San Jose, I'd Go To This (SVCC)
* If I Were In Las Vegas, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Las Vegas)
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
* If I Were In San Jose, I'd Go To This (Silicon Valley Comic Con)
March 20
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (C2E2)
* If I Were In San Jose, I'd Go To This (SVCC)
* If I Were In Las Vegas, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Las Vegas)
* If I Were In Linz, I'd Go To This (Nextcomic)
* If I Were In San Jose, I'd Go To This (Silicon Valley Comic Con)
March 23
* If I Were In SF, I'd Go To This
* If I Were In London, I'd Go To This
March 25
* If I Were In Los Angeles, I'd Go To This (WonderCon Los Angeles)
* If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (DINK)
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Sakura Con)
March 26
* If I Were In Los Angeles, I'd Go To This (WonderCon Los Angeles)
* If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (DINK)
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Sakura Con)
March 27
* If I Were In Los Angeles, I'd Go To This (WonderCon Los Angeles)
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Sakura Con)
March 29
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
March 30
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
March 31
* If I Were In Minneapolis, I'd Go To This
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April 1
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World St. Louis)
April 2
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This (MoCCA Fest)
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World St. Louis)
* If I Were In Dayton, I'd Go To This (Gem City Comic Con)
* If I Were In Pittsburgh, I'd Go To This (PIX)
April 3
* If I Were In NYC, I'd Go To This (MoCCA Fest)
* If I Were In St. Louis, I'd Go To This (Wizard World St. Louis)
* If I Were In Dayton, I'd Go To This (Gem City Comic Con)
April 8
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Emerald City)
* If I Were In Madison, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Madison)
April 9
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Emerald City)
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This (SPACE)
* If I Were In Madison, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Madison)
April 10
* If I Were In Seattle, I'd Go To This (Emerald City)
* If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This (SPACE)
* If I Were In Madison, I'd Go To This (Wizard World Madison)
April 14
* If I Were In South Carolina, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
April 15
* If I Were In South Carolina, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
April 16
* If I Were In South Carolina, I'd Go To This (ICAF)
* If I Were Near The Meadowlands, I'd Go To This (East Coast Comicon)
April 17
* If I Were Near The Meadowlands, I'd Go To This (East Coast Comicon)
April 22
* If I Were Near Juneau, I'd Go To This
April 23
* If I Were In Birmingham, I'd Go To This (The Birmingham Comics Festival)
* If I Were In Athens, I'd Go To This (FLUKE)
* If I Were Near Juneau, I'd Go To This
April 24
* If I Were Near Juneau, I'd Go To This
April 25
* If I Were Near Juneau, I'd Go To This
April 26
* If I Were Near Juneau, I'd Go To This
April 29
* If I Were In Indiana, I'd Go To This (Indiana Comic Con)
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (Chicago Zine Fest)
April 30
* If I Were In Indiana, I'd Go To This (Indiana Comic Con)
* If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (Chicago Zine Fest)
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Events For May 2016 Onward Listed Here
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Go, Look: Saturday Evening Post Cartoons 2-6-60
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
 * Todd Klein on Lumberjanes Volume One: To The Max Edition. Matt Brady on Fragments Of Horror. Rob McMonigal on a bunch of different comics and artists. James Whitbrook on Elektra: Assassin.
* this photo of stockpiled MariNaomi original art impresses.
* here are some random beautiful images from Promethea, still remembered fondly for that kind of imagery.
* the Trouble With Comics crew responds to the idea of variants.
* I did not know that this was the 25th Anniversary of Cornelius.
* finally, Bob Temuka reprints " The Religious Experience Of Philip K. Dick."
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Happy 60th Birthday, Randy Stradley!
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Happy 47th Birthday, Glenn Hauman!
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Happy 43rd Birthday, Chip Mosher!
this photo ran on CR, so I'm going to use it; apologies to Jen Vaughn
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March 3, 2016
Go, Look: Cartooning And Illustration In Duke Magazine
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Bundled Extra: David Harper Solicits Retailer Reaction To Latest DC Linewide Moves
These kinds of articles are always fascinating: Direct Market retailer round-ups with just core, base reaction to big-publisher moves. In this case it's the Rebirth initiative being put into action by DC Comics: a smaller overall group of characters making up the core line, a number of comics going twice a month and closer ties into what's been working on some of their media crossover.
The retailers to whom David Harper speaks seem a lot more optimistic than I am, but one comment early on that things aren't great and let's try something else, sure, seems to indicate a mindset where optimism is a vocational necessity. I do worry about whether or not the creative talent is out there for either Marvel or DC to really kill it across the board -- in a lot of cases it's not the primary deal the best creators want right now, and I think a lot of the properties there's some exhaustion that has to be overcome. I'm always interested in whatever works with these initiatives, even if it's a comic book or two out of thirty.
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The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Shows And Events
By Tom Spurgeon
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If I Were In Philadelphia, I'd Go To This
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If I Were In Dublin, I'd Go To This
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Go, Look: A Ton More Collier's Cartoons
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Random Comics News Story Round-Up
 * J. Caleb Mozzocco muses on the Lois Lane character within the period of time bound by the New 52 initiative. Lois Lane's a great character, a potential top five character for that company if handled correctly, and I have no idea what they've been doing with her since 2011 except that she's not dating Superman.
* Michael Buntag on The Star Wars. Rob Kirby on Trashed. Greg Hunter on I Fell Asleep. Eszter Szep on The Motherless Oven.
* Dave Richards talks to Charles Soule. Rob Kirby talks to Robert Triptow. Annie Mok talks to KL Ricks. Julinda Morrow talks to Gerhard.
* like many older comics fans, I wonder if there are similar repositories of comics out there still to be discovered. The most useful, I think, might something fiercely devoted to 1970s and 1980s alt/underground/indie with a dip into minis, which seem to me categories and time periods where things are really hard to find even if you have a ton of cash.
* here's something slightly different: a profile of an original art dealer, with maybe the added novelty that they arrange for commissions. I think that side of the business is fascinating and barring systemic abuse useful in a lot of cases, and I'm super pro library so maybe I shouldn't have such kind feelings.
* hey, new Ryan Holmberg.
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Happy 40th Birthday, Augie De Blieck!
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Happy 38th Birthday, Skottie Young!
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Happy 68th Birthday, Max Allan Collins!
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